Questions on Ancestors in England 1600's

[waynedholland]

I tried typing the information into Google books and also in regular google both for ebay and without and couldnt find anything but Joshua's name in an index that gave no information

[catharina]

There was a recent sale of one of Joshua's token on ebay, but i thin kthe image has now been archived.

As well as this private sale there are two of his tokens in the British Museum.  The link is www.britishmuseum.org/...museum/.../coins.../history_of_the_collection.aspx and type his name in the collections search and two entries come up for him.  You can by the looks of it obtain photographs of the tokens from them, but it does not look cheap!

This entry also came up for your Joshua when googling his name + Chatham.

 Minute Book - February 1668, 3-14 | Calendar of Treasury Books ...
Petition read from the Farmers of the London Excise about Joshua Holland of
Chatham. Holland to be summoned to attend next Tuesday. Same read from Col.

www.british-history.ac.uk/report

Catharina


   

[waynedholland]

Thank you for the links and the information,  I will have to keep an eye online and on ebay for pictures of the tokens, and see what people are trying to get for the tokens themselves, probably way more then I can afford, but to actually have one of Joshua's tokens would be amazing.

I havent made much progress in tying Joshua Holland to his Pennsylvania descendants.  The biggest thing I have found is that Thomas Holland who died in Philadelphia on 10 Sept 1755, leaving a large family, in his will says that he wants his lands in Chatham that were given to him by his father, be given to his son.  Now if only i could find out who his father was.....

I love the mystery but I always hope its a mystery that can be solved, sometimes the records for this period just dont exist.